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The Terminator

Your future is in its hands.

1984 · R · 1h 48m

Directed by James Cameron

7.7

TMDB audience score
15,382 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

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Cast

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Terminator

  • Michael Biehn
    Kyle Reese

  • Linda Hamilton
    Sarah Connor

  • Paul Winfield
    Traxler

  • Lance Henriksen
    Vukovich

  • Rick Rossovich
    Matt

  • Bess Motta
    Ginger

  • Earl Boen
    Silberman

  • Dick Miller
    Pawnshop Clerk

  • Shawn Schepps
    Nancy

  • Bruce M. Kerner
    Desk Sergeant

  • Franco Columbu
    Future Terminator

  • Bill Paxton
    Punk Leader

  • Brad Rearden
    Punk

  • Brian Thompson
    Punk

  • William Wisher
    Policeman

  • Ken Fritz
    Policeman

  • Tom Oberhaus
    Policeman